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| | Tablet PC: First Impressions |
 | | PCs used to be mainly for composing, doing "what if?", etc. Now we use it for those applications, but even more we spend time reading (web, email, emailed documents) and quick communicating of simple stuff (IM). |
 | | Since a tablet is often used in a horizontal position, and you can't be sure of a firm place to rest something like a mouse, a pen is appropriate for a pointing device. |
 | | If you read a lot on a PC, and move your laptop around a lot, and have benefited from 802.11, and don't mind using early software that works but is basic (like the original VisiCalc was), and are in the market for a new laptop, take the next step and move up to a tablet. |
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